What time is it in Murphy, Texas?
7:03:21 AM
Friday, September 25, 2026. Central Daylight Time, UTC−5:00.
- Time zone
- Central Daylight Time
- UTC offset
- UTC−5:00
- Daylight saving
- In force now
- Population
- 21,109
Daylight saving in Murphy
Murphy is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.
Murphy sits at 33.02°N, 96.61°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Murphy.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Murphy it is highest at 1:18 pm today — 78 minutes after clock noon.
At 96.6°W, Murphy sits well toward the western edge of its zone, which is why the sun stays up later here than the clock suggests. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.
Daylight in Murphy today
- Sunrise
- 7:16 am
- Sunset
- 7:19 pm
- Day length
- 12 hours 2 minutes
- Longest day
- 14 hours 20 minutes
Today runs 12 hours 2 minutes in Murphy, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 22 minutes, from 14 hours 20 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 58 minutes in December.
At 33.0°N that puts Murphy between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.